If there is one thing I miss about C++ it's the sheer number of options you have for memory management (except for GC). Sure it's easy to shoot yourself in the

If there is one thing I miss about C++ it's the sheer number of options you have for memory management (except for GC). Sure it's easy to shoot yourself in the foot and a maintenance headache, but the potential for performance and locality is entirely up to you as a developer.